Chapter 12 The Disappearing Partner
An Jing didn't say much. He lowered his head and bit off the piece of meat.
At first, the teeth felt like biting a piece of tough rubber, but with a little force, the teeth cut through the slightly burnt muscle fibers on the surface, and the smoothest and most tender meat inside exploded, spilling out a large amount of mellow juice and oil.
This refreshing and chewy feeling is incomparably wonderful. With every mouthful he swallows, he can quickly feel the meat being digested and decomposed in his body, turning into nutrients for his body, and this sense of satisfaction will quickly turn into an unfinished feeling. Greed made An Jing want to take another bite involuntarily...
It felt like it was just a blink of an eye, An Jing had eaten up all the meat in front of him, leaving only the white bones that had been gnawed clean by his teeth.
"This is... the meat of what kind of beast?"
Sitting on the chair, An Jing's face was already flushed, and he felt a hot fire rushing out of his chest and abdomen, rushing straight into his torso and limbs, with the potential to penetrate very little, and penetrated the roots of his fingertips and hair!
There was an impulse that made An Jing want to stand up, roar loudly, and release this inexplicable heat - but in fact, someone else was already doing this.
For a moment, the entire cafeteria turned into a garden where wild beasts gathered, with all kinds of roars and screams echoing like a wild mountain.
"What kind of test is this?"
An Jing took a deep breath and suppressed the surging impulse in his body. He noticed that not everyone was dominated by this inexplicable impulse.
Zhang Ying was howling at the moment, and his voice was like the howl of some kind of wolf, long and filled with a chilling chill.
Gu Yeqi on one side was curled up, hugging his stomach tightly and refusing to make a sound.
Those who don't want to make a sound are about half as many as those who are venting their heat. There may be more people venting, but not much more.
——Just let them vent like this?
An Jing took a few more deep breaths. In the next few times, he could easily suppress his instinctive impulse. He watched all this with curiosity, and divided half of his energy to pay attention to the lecturers and the 'servants' of Xuanming Village.
They are waiting on the sidelines now, and like An Jing, they are watching all this with concern.
About half a quarter of an hour later, as the strength was exhausted, and both the tired children from howling and those who endured the heat were about to return to normal, the servants served cups of thick concoction.
As Gu Yeqi said before, the main ingredients of this concoction are Tienan core and Bingmang flower seeds.
Both Zhang Ying and Gu Yeqi were right; they were both right.
An Jing took it and drank it all in one gulp. The taste was purely bitter, but it was a bit strange and refreshing. After boiling, the ice mango flower seeds will expand when cooled, and the taste is soft and tender. When you bite it into pieces and swallow it, you will feel a cold feeling exploding in your mouth. .
The heat caused by swallowing animal meat began to subside. Anjing closed his eyes. After a few breaths, he opened his eyes and calmed down completely.
But that kind of heat, that kind of power is not an illusion - those beast meats are definitely not simple, they are not ordinary beasts!
Most of the other children also stopped after drinking the concoction, but they were a little dazed and seemed to be thinking about what they were doing before.
"Okay. Everyone is a little excited today. Let's go back and have a good rest."
At this time, the owner of the medicine shop came forward and said kindly: "We have a rest tomorrow morning, so we don't need to do morning exercises. Everyone can sleep a little longer."
"As long as you perform well, everyone will have meat to eat - the better you perform, the more meat you will get."
Instead of practicing late before going to bed, everyone returned to their dormitories and lay down early.
In the past, almost everyone fell asleep as soon as they touched the pillow, but today this is not possible and everyone is tossing and turning.
The dormitory was like this, and we couldn't help but start chatting.
"I don't know why just now, I felt like I couldn't suppress it..."
Zhang Ying complained, he was on the left side of An Jing, and his voice was a little hazy through the bamboo wall: "I seem to feel like I have turned into a giant wolf, and I can't help but want to make a sound... Although the meat is delicious, But it’s so strange, I’ve never eaten meat that makes people... feel so powerful!”
"Yes. Quite extraordinary."
Ye Xiuyuan was on the right side of An Jing. His family had studied for generations and all spoke in a refined manner: "I have seen this kind of meat during my family's annual festival. It should be the meat of some wild and ferocious beast."
"A ferocious beast?!" Zhang Ying raised her voice: "That ferocious beast is comparable to the peak of Inner Qi, or even an Inner Strong martial artist? How is that possible!"
His consternation was not without reason, because even for a hunting team in Northern Xinjiang, it would take a lot of effort and even casualties to hunt a ferocious beast.
If they encounter multiple ferocious beasts, even the entire hunting team will be wiped out.
But its flesh, skin, bones and tendons are all treasures and are the materials for many precious medicines and strange weapons and spiritual tools. Both the private sector and the government will pay a lot of money to buy them. As long as one ferocious beast can be hunted, it is enough to make a hunting team whole. Years of prosperity.
Even Zhang Ying has never eaten the meat of ferocious beasts. Ye Xiuyuan was also confused and said: "This is also where my doubts lie. Even in my family, the four great sacrifices named Ye only used a slightly larger piece of ferocious beast meat. and other cattle and sheep as sacrifices.”
"Xuanmingzhuang gave each of us a portion. The amount is so large that it's unbelievable..." "No matter how much he has." Zhanfeng's voice was particularly loud. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone including Anjing booed him in unison. Come down, so as not to draw lessons here.
Even so, his tone was lowered and he was nonchalant: "Anyway, it's much better than being a refugee before. I'm hungry enough."
He was originally a beggar in Mingshan City. Because he was too tall, no one would give him money, but when he went to work, no one was willing to accept him because he was too young. The old beggar who originally raised him froze to death during the Frost Tribulation. I survived purely by eating whatever I picked up, and I was lucky enough not to eat anything poisonous.
He has a very good impression of Xuanmingzhuang. It doesn't matter how tired he is if he can eat well here. Rather, it is the greatest good thing for him to be able to eat well and then be tired to death.
This statement aroused the agreement of many people. After all, everyone was selected from the refugee camp. Everyone has been hungry. They have not eaten meat or rice for a long time, but they can be full and happy in Xuanmingzhuang. , even like this today.
No matter what, in their eyes, there is nothing bad about Xuanmingzhuang except that the people are too nice and make people afraid of not having another meal.
"I'm afraid this life won't last long."
Cang Lingzu smacked his lips, still recalling the taste of the meat: "Aren't all those hidden sects like this? They are screened at all levels, assessed and tested, and those with poor conditions are thrown out."
"At that time, you will no longer be considered a disciple of Xuanming Village, but can only be regarded as a servant of Xuanming Village, just like those servants, uncles and aunts... Such a good life will not be long!"
After being together for such a long time, everyone knows that Cang Rinzu was indeed sent to a martial arts academy by his family to raise a lot of money, but he was sent back after two years of studying. It was said that he was 'insufficient'.
But how could it be possible? Cang Luzu's bones were recognized by Xuan Mingzhuang as being the best, second only to An Jing. This made Cang Luzu extremely aggrieved. He always complained through gritted teeth that he blamed the instructor of the martial arts academy for wanting money and not giving him money. He was kicked out.
His biggest dream is to succeed in learning skills at Xuanming Village, go back to his hometown - if his hometown is still there - and give the instructor a good beating, and let that bitch talk nonsense about his lack of bones, causing him to be looked down upon by his family. .
Cang Lingzu was not very worried that he did not meet the requirements. He just wanted to learn more mental and martial arts skills at Xuanming Village.
"That's true."
Ye Xiuyuan agreed with Cang Linzu: "I don't know how many people will stay in the end... Brother An Jing must be one."
"Really, Brother Jing?" Other children also shouted: "We may be eliminated, but you can definitely stay!"
"...Perhaps the test has already started."
An Jing didn't like to participate in such discussions, but since someone brought him up, he would speak up.
He turned over on the bed and said bluntly: "Your enthusiasm for exercise, your usual self-discipline, physical fitness, height and weight, how many meals you can eat, what time you get up on weekdays, irregular exercise patterns... everything... Maybe it’s related to ‘assessment’.”
"Go to bed early today." An Jing turned over again, closed his eyes and said calmly: "Since the owner of the village wants us to rest for half a day tomorrow, it must make sense."
"Go to bed early, get some more sleep, and don't delay the afternoon drill."
"Okay." "Yeah." "Yes, brother!"
An Jing's prestige was very high. As soon as these words came out, the whole dormitory fell silent. Soon, there were shouts, teeth grinding and sleep talking.
And An Jing also felt waves of fatigue and thirst gradually welling up inside his body... He didn't lie to the doctor. When he saw the meat, his body's instinct told him that the meat was not enough and he couldn't eat enough.
In fact, his 'stomach' was full. The meat was heavy and enough to fill him up. But he was still not satisfied. The animal meat could only temporarily relieve his hunger and thirst, but it could not satisfy his body.
With this feeling of not knowing whether it was fullness or hunger, Anjing fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, the morning sun shone on the mountains, dyeing them golden and red.
An Jing rubbed his eyes and took off the blanket, realizing that he fell asleep about an hour late.
This is very unusual for him. Yesterday he went to bed earlier than usual, but today he still got up later. No wonder the deputy director of medicine said yesterday that there would be no morning exercises today. I am afraid that most children will not be able to get up this morning.
If it is the meat of ferocious beasts, it may indeed have this effect.
An Jing arranged her clothes and put on her training clothes, thinking to herself: "Eating too much and too many nutrients will make you easily sleepy. Maybe this is the reason."
There were thirty people in the entire dormitory. An Jing glanced around and found that everyone except himself was fast asleep. This was probably because their digestion ability was inferior to An Jing's, or because An Jing didn't really eat enough.
But it didn't matter. There was still some time before noon, and Anjing planned to do some morning exercises to restore his physical fitness.
However, when An Jing was fully prepared and ready to leave the dormitory, he suddenly discovered something.
Zhang Ying disappeared.
(End of chapter)